Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1879 — LESSONS OF THE HOUR. [ARTICLE]

LESSONS OF THE HOUR.

•’He nut lire, Kr.owiug flint lie ctow» wiser every day. Or else pot live at all, and seeing too Each little drop of wisdom as It falls Into the dimpling cistern of his heart,” The local and revolutionary patriotism preached and practiced by a Democratic Congress alarmed the people, who, when they deliberate are wise. The elections of 1879 have taught a. lesson of patriotism, the measure of. whiob is the Nation’s contour. The people demand a safe and honest government; a free and peaceable ballot, a liberty based on equal rights and a currency tree from cheat and fraud. The people have decided that non-partisan tests for jhrors is the most wise and ancient rule. That a citizen should obey a law of the Nation as paramount to all State laws, and'that law andorder are infinitely to be preferred* over anarchy and revolution. ' The people believe that an abuse of onr army—the blue-coateij guard of our Nation—is but studied demogoguery and a shallow devise of traitors-. On election day no man should be coerced in hi« privilege of casting one free ballot by either citizens or soldiers. All coercion of the franchise should be a high crime, and National elections should certainly be supervised by national authority. We insist and demand that each voter shall conform to the law and vote at each election, once only, in peace. When our present constitution was adop’ed poor Richard said: “Now thU Republic is a rising sua.” The state-sovereignty faction made a riotous fight against its adoption and an araendineuVwas conceded to them. The League doctrine passed from rebellious sire to rebel son. The new government was scorned and Washington with loaded muskets proved the motto “Liberty and no Excise,” borne alofu by the whisky rebels-to-be a delusion and snare. His Clemency pardoned* all the Alleghany traitors. “The Union ***** can only be preserved by respecting the sovereign rights of the Sates,” said Calhoun. “By the eternal the Union must and shall be preserved,” thundered old Hickory. The Naillifiers were crushed and* a second time pardoa was meted to-the Malefactors. Iu IBGd.ih» lieirs of the factions poison-distilled in. the SHnotirsed caucuses of the Calhoun Democracy organized a bloody onslaught npoD the Nation. Iu the language of the aphoristic Bulk, “Man is a most unwise and

most wise being; the Individ mil is foolish; the multitude is foolish for. the moment, when they set without deliberation; bat the species is wise.” The record of the Democratic party bad hitherto and still does disavoirthe authority to coerce States. There was a species of Democrats, however, living at the north, who rose above party and fought with Lincoln, am) the Union woe saved. In our triumph an abundance oi charily pardoned for the third time red-handed treason. Washington, Jackson and Lincoln bade* surviving rebels repent and lire. Their start of houor shine with no less luster because their courage was supplemented with clemency. Why do* we stilt aco the signal flag of danger? It is waving over the Democratic headquarters. The same faction marked its accession to partial power by enactments bearing the ear-iuarks of the Confederate ghost. In the last congress there was manifest, Ist. An open denial of the coordinate and equal rights of the President. 2d. A desperate attempt to nullify laws by withholding supplies to enforce them. 3d. A hostile attack on the army and denying its use to preserve the peace. 4th. A corruption of the trial by jury, by imposing a partisan test as a taint on a juror's fairness and hor or. That so called Democratic faction as the M.ijor said ot Joey Baystook is “tough and devilish sly.” The leaders have ealled a hault and for success may inarch to better music. It is a struggle to wiest the control of the country from those who believe in National laws, National currency and National elections and to give us instead, State supremacy, wild cat money, and mob law. Success tor 6iich a faction harbingers nullification, disunion, secession, nonintervention, non9U. pervision, and a denial of all implied powers to our Natloual government. Friends, whatever have been your past affiliations,whatever party has pleased your fancy, come and let us enroll ourselves with the hosts who advocate sound doctrine in all sincerity and assist to crown our country’s future with advanced and perfected achievements, reflecting glory upon all the past events of onr history. We hope all our young friends will trust that party whose patriotism covers the continent, whose laws accord safety to all orderly and law-abiding citizens; whose principles accord to our charter a liberal and equitable construction; and whose platform proclaims liberty and equal rights to all. Kind reader, assist us to kindle the patriot fires for the struggle of 1880. The enemy is alert and seductive. Let us nerve our stalwart souls, and save Indiana from her Confederate allies. This is the mission of the Republican.